Jacques
FOURNIER dit DESILETS
(b.
4 January 1711
,
Beaumont, Canada, New France
d.
16 August 1779
,
Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Jacques FOURNIER dit DESILETS was born 4 January 1711 in Beaumont, Canada, New France
Jacques FOURNIER dit DESILETS was the child of Jacques FOURNIER and Marie-Francoise BLANCHON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas FOURNIER and Marie HUBERT (maternal) Étienne BLANCHON and Marie-Françoise CASSE (LACASSE)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jacques married Catherine TURGEON 16 June 1749 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Catherine TURGEON was born 26 March 1729 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Catherine died 18 November 1765 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Catherine was the child of Joseph TURGEON and Margurite BOUTILLET (BOUTHILLET).
Jacques FOURNIER dit DESILETS died 16 August 1779 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada .
m. Roy Elisabeth
m. Turgeon Catherine
Details of the family tree of Jacques appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated.
The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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